Pressman&#39;s tray.



PATENTED SEPT. 15, 1903.

.GQBRADLEY. PRBSSMANS TRAY.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 29, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

UNITED ST ATES' CHARLES BRADLEY, OF

Patented September 15, 1903.

INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

PRESSMANS TRAY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 738,980, dated September 15, 1903.

Application filed January 29, 19(13. Serial No. 141,083. (No model.)

action to the jogger-fingers in jogging up thesheets of paper as they are delivered, and, second and particularly, to provide means for removing the printed sheets without disturbing them before the pile has become so thick, and consequently heavy, asto cause ofisetting.

A further object is to provide means for stackingthe filled frames one above the other, so as to occupy a minimum amount of space for a large run.

I accomplish the objects of the invention by the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a top plan view and partial section of my invention; Fig. 2, a sectiono n the line 2 2 of Fig. 1, and Fig. 3 an end view of a stack of loaded frames. 7

Like numbers of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views of the drawings. o

4 4 are the outside longitudinal bars of my frame and will preferably be of wood. They have a plurality of transverse holes to receive the ends of the metal rods 5. The extent of insertion of said rods will be regulated by means of the nuts 6, which will be seated in suitable countersinks in the bars 4:, so as to present an even and unbroken surface at the inside of the bar. The withdrawal of the rods will be prevented by the nuts 7, and the working loose of nuts 7 will be prevented by the jam-nuts 8. The nuts 7 and 8 will both be countersunk in the bar 4, as shown, so no rough outside projections willexist to catch on other objects and to gather dirt and the like. To support the sheets of paper which will be deposited on the rods thus framed together, so as to prevent sagging of the sheets between said rods, I provide the wires 9, which extend longitudinally of the frame and lie on top of the rods 5 in the manner shown. The -wires are secured by being wrapped at their ends around the outside rods and by being soldered to the rods at their points of intersection therewith. This makes a light strong frame, which will not gatherdirt and which will have large interstices, through which the j ogger-fingers can be projected and operated.

The bars 4 at will have the top longitudinal grooves 10 and the under side longitudinal tongues 11, so that when the frames are piled one above the other in the manner shown in Fig. 3 the tongues of the upper frame will take into the grooves of the frame next below, so as to prevent the lateral displacement of the frames when piled in this manner.

The jogged paper is represented at 12, and, as shown in Fig. 3, the aggregate quantity of printed sheets is divided into distinct and separate parts, each independently supported, so as to relieve the pressure which the combined mass would exert in a manner to cause ofisetting before the ink has'dried.

While I have shown a tongue-and-groove joint between the several frames, I do not desire to limit my invention to that formation, as dowel-pins entering suitable holes or lugs from one frame contacting with the bar of the next wouldhold the frames from displacement when stacked together; but

WVhat I do claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1; A j ogger-frame havingparallel side bars, transverse rods having ends bolted to said bars, auxiliary wires laid on said rods and secured at their intersections therewith and said bars having a tongue on one face and a groove on the face opposite.

with tongue-and-groove faces, metal rods connecting the bars said rods having threaded ends, nuts on said threaded rod ends on each side of said bars seated in countersinks in said bars and wires laid on'said rods and secured thereto and extending longitudinally of the frame.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal, at Indianapolis, Indiana, this 14th day of January, A. D. 1903.

CHARLES BRADLEY.' [1). s.]

Witnesses:

J osnrn A. MINTURN, JOHN B. SHERWOOD.

2. A jogger-frame having parallel side bars 

